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by auggierose 165 days ago
Well, Bürger means citizen, and bürgerlich means middle-class. Indeed, not hard to understand.
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Excellent. Now do “bürgerliches Gesetzbuch”.
The trolling of auggierose aside, whatever the bürgerliches Gesetzbuch might literally translate to, it is a triumph of the burghers, the bourgeoisie.
Law that applies only to the middle-class. Duh.
But you do know it applies to everyone in germany?
Cynicism is punishment looking for a crime.
Please tell me you are trolling?

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/B%C3%BCrger says:

Bedeutungen:

    [1a] Einwohner einer Gemeinde
    [1b] Angehöriger eines Staates
    [2] Angehöriger der Mittelschicht, des Bürgertums